Younger, Bolder and Determined to Grow: The Rise of the Indonesian Contemporary Art Market

There is no doubt that the Indonesian art market is one of the strongest in Southeast Asia. At art fairs all over Asia and Europe, we see an increasing number of big-name artists and collectors hailing from the art capitals of Jakarta, Yogyakarta, and Bandung. Private museums, galleries and studios are cropping up across the vast archipelago.

Some attribute the growing success of the Indonesian art ecosystem to gotong royong, the nation’s trademark spirit of mutual assistance. “Just like in the art world...